Environmental Policy 2023-24

Passionate about protecting the environment and reducing our carbon footprint through innovation within the veterinary sustainability field.

Mayne Veterinary Clinic is a small independent veterinary practice based in Colchester. We’ve been making pets feel better since 1975, and that’s just one reason why we’re such a popular family vet, we’ve looked after generation after generation of pets for local people.

We acknowledge that our operations have an effect on the environment and have identified our key environmental aspects that contribute to our environmental and carbon footprint:

•             Consumption of electricity, gas, water, and other resources through the running of our practice premises

•             Use of volatile halogenated anaesthetic gases (isoflurane) during anaesthesia

•             Waste generation and disposal

•             Transport emissions (staff travel)

•             Use of raw materials, including prescription drugs and medications

•             Procured goods and services with their own environmental impact

Our practice is committed to reducing its environmental impact through a journey of continual measurement and improvement by working through the ‘Investors in the Environment’ accreditation scheme. We have also signed up with ‘Eco Offset’ to help us offset the carbon we produce as a practice and on a per staff member basis. We have calculated our carbon footprint with the ‘Vet Sustain’ calculator for 2023 and will use this as our new baseline year.

Our environmental commitment can be demonstrated in our established objectives and goals below:

•             Continue recording our resource use and set targets to reducing our carbon footprint

•       Commitment to net zero carbon emissions target by 2023 and years after

•             Compliance with all applicable environmental regulations and public/customer expectations

•             Continue to use our waste/recycling policy and sustainable procurement policy

•             Make our commitment and achievements available to the public on our website

•             Through use of our staff transport incentive continue to encourage cycling and public transport

•             Continue to carry out yearly team projects to show our commitment to the environment

•             Working with suppliers to ensure they acknowledge and decrease the environmental impact of their products and transportation

•             Undertake independent annual audit with Investors in the Environment (iiE)

We will continue to improve our environmental management system through annual reviews and updates, taking into account any changes in legislation, our organisation, and other factors. We will convey this policy to all our employees ensuring that they are provided with training to increase awareness of environmental matters.

Lindsey Raven Emrich RVN is our Sustainability Champion and has designated responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of this policy.

Mayne Vets will make this policy available when requested to interested parties including members of the public, including making a copy available on the website.